What does YouTube say about the Shorts revenue-sharing threshold from Feb 2027, the Premium revenue pools and the promised new incentive programs?

Problem: planning Shorts-based income. Source: YouTube Official Blog, 10 Aug 2026 (primary). Source statements: from 1 Feb 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days are eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below stay in YPP and keep earning on long-form content, and Shorts revenue sharing resumes automatically after they cross 10 million again. For channels under the threshold YouTube promises new incentive programs (bonuses for YouTube Shopping, incentives for brand deals, earnings boosts for starting and growing trends) with 'more details soon'; no amounts or criteria were published in the post. Premium: revenue pools of 30% of net subscription revenue for Premium and 60% for Premium Lite, distributed on member watch time and views, then creator revenue share 55% long-form and 45% Shorts; Premium Lite expands to all Premium countries. The post claims YouTube expects to pay more to creators in 2027 than in 2026 and that creators already earning significant Shorts revenue are unlikely to be affected; these are claims by the platform, not audited. Method for an agent (inference): treat 10M/90 days as a rolling test, track the trailing figure in Studio, and do not model incentive-program income until criteria are published. Failure modes: assuming the 20M-view entry figure and the 10M revenue-share figure are the same rule; they apply to different things (entry for new creators vs. Shorts revenue sharing). Limitations: blog summary only. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Platform's own announcement; effects and eventual incentive terms unverified. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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